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Case C-756/23 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2023 by Anheuser-Busch Inbev and Ampar against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Joined Case T-278/16 and T-370/16, Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202401534EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1534


26.2.2024





Appeal brought on 7 December 2023 by Anheuser-Busch Inbev and Ampar against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Joined Case T-278/16 and T-370/16, Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission
(Case C-756/23 P)
(C/2024/1534)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Ampar (represented by: A. von Bonin, Rechtsanwalt, O. Brouwer, A. Haelterman, A. Pliego Selie and T. van Helfteren, advocaten)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellants claim that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment under appeal;










—


render final judgment and annul Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (1) (‘the contested decision’), or, in the alternative, refer the case back to the General Court for determination in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings and of the proceedings before the General Court, including the costs relating to any intervening parties.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The appellants rely on four grounds of appeal.
First, the General Court erred in law and distorted evidence in identifying the reference system under Article 107(1) TFEU:






—


the General Court and the contested decision err in law when defining the reference system because it gives an erroneous interpretation to the meaning and scope of Article 185(2)(b) of the Code des impôts sur les revenus 1992 (Income Tax Code 1992);










—


the General Court has distorted evidence.




Second, the General Court erred in law by concluding that the scheme conferred an advantage under Article 107(1) TFEU.
Third, the General Court erred in law by concluding that the scheme applied selectively to certain undertakings under Article 107(1) TFEU.
Fourth, the General Court erred in law in finding that aid could be recovered from all entities of a multinational group.


(1)  
            OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1534/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Special report 27/2023: Screening foreign direct investments in the EU – First steps taken, but significant limitations remain in addressing security and public order risks effectively
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU Member State, European security, direct investment, financial control, foreign capital, foreign investment, investment policy, public safety, third country, threat to national security








C_202301457EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1457


7.12.2023






Special report 27/2023:

            ‘Screening foreign direct investments in the EU – First steps taken, but significant limitations remain in addressing security and public order risks effectively’
         
(C/2023/1457)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 27/2023: ‘Screening foreign direct investments in the EU – First steps taken, but significant limitations remain in addressing security and public order risks effectively’.
The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/sr-2023-27


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1457/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11353 – TOWERBROOK / TEAM EIFFEL)
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment, investment company, management, merger control, private sector, provision of services, public sector








C_202301583EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1583


19.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11353 – TOWERBROOK / TEAM EIFFEL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1583)

On 7 December 2023, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32023M11353. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1583/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-700/22, RegioJet and STUDENT AGENCY: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud — Czech Republic) — RegioJet a.s., STUDENT AGENCY k.s. v České dráhy a.s., Správa železnic, státní organizace, Česká republika, Ministerstvo dopravy (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Existing aid and new aid — Aid granted in disregard of the procedural rules laid down in Article 108(3) TFEU — Expiry of the limitation period provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Obligation on the national court to order the recovery of the aid)
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, carriage of passengers, control of State aid, limitation of legal proceedings, rail transport, reimbursement of aid








C_202400926EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/926


29.1.2024





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud — Czech Republic) — RegioJet a.s., STUDENT AGENCY k.s. v České dráhy a.s., Správa železnic, státní organizace, Česká republika, Ministerstvo dopravy
(Case C-700/22, (1) RegioJet and STUDENT AGENCY)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Existing aid and new aid - Aid granted in disregard of the procedural rules laid down in Article 108(3) TFEU - Expiry of the limitation period provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Obligation on the national court to order the recovery of the aid)
(C/2024/926)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: RegioJet a.s., STUDENT AGENCY k.s.

Defendants: České dráhy a.s., Správa železnic, státní organizace, Česká republika, Ministerstvo dopravy

Operative part of the judgment

Article 108(3) TFEU
must be interpreted as meaning that national courts may order the recovery of State aid granted in breach of the obligation of prior notification laid down in that provision, even though the limitation period laid down in Article 17(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 TFEU has expired in respect of that aid, such that that aid must be regarded as existing aid pursuant to Article 1(b)(iv) and Article 17(3) of that regulation.


(1)  
            OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/926/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11349 – MACQUARIE / UBS / RHP / JV)
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_202301516EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1516


12.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11349 – MACQUARIE / UBS / RHP / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1516)

On 7 December 2023, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32023M11349. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1516/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.109598Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, regions of Slovakia








C_202301417EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1417


7.12.2023






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.109598
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1417)







Date of adoption of the decision


17.11.2023




Aid number


SA.109598




Member State


Slovakia




Region


Bratislavský kraj, Západné Slovensko, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Schéma štátnej pomoci podľa oddielu 2.1. Dočasného krízového a prechodného rámca na poskytnutie pomoci podnikom vo forme záruky a odpustenia časti istiny (záručný nástroj na podporu MSP a ďalších vybraných priorít 1)




Legal basis








1.


Zákon č. 121/2022 Z. z. zo 16. marca 2022 o príspevkoch z fondov Európskej únie a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov 2. Zákon č. 368/2021 Z. z. z 24. septembra 2021 o mechanizme na podporu obnovy a odolnosti a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov 3. Zákon č. 358/2015 Z. z. o úprave niektorých vzťahov v oblasti štátnej pomoci a minimálnej pomoci a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (zákon o štátnej pomoci) 4. Zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z. o rozpočtových pravidlách verejnej správy a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v zmení neskorších predpisov 5. Zákon č. 357/2015 Z. z. z 10. novembra 2015 o finančnej kontrole a audite a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov








Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Guarantee, Other




Budget


Overall budget: 264 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 264 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Slovak Investment Holding, a. s.




Grösslingová 44, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovenská republika








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1417/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2764 of 7 December 2023 amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism








L_202302764EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/2764


7.12.2023







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/2764
of 7 December 2023
         
amending the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 27 December 2001, the Council adopted Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (1).












(2)


On 20 July 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/1514 (2).












(3)


The Council has determined that a competent authority within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP has adopted decisions in respect of two persons who have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(3) of that Common Position, and that the measures in Articles 2 and 3 of that Common Position should be applied to those persons.












(4)


The list of persons, groups and entities in the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/1514 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/1514.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 7 December 2023.


For the Council


The President

J. HEREU BOHER
            





(1)  Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93).

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1514 of 20 July 2023 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2023/422 (OJ L 184, 21.7.2023, p. 33).




ANNEX
List of persons, groups and entities referred to in Article 1
I.   PERSONS






14.


DEIF Mohammed (a.k.a AL-DAYF Muhammad; AL-MASRI Mohammed), born 12.8.1965 in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.










15.


ISSA Marwan, born 1965, Gaza Strip.







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2764/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case C-311/23, Caisse CIBTP du Grand Ouest: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Nantes — France) — Caisse CIBTP du Grand Ouest (CGO) — Association v D.V.M. RENOV SARL (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Management of paid leave — National legislation requiring companies in a given sector of activity to be affiliated to an association for the payment of holiday pay to their employees — Purely domestic situation — Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a reply from the Court — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admissibility, association, freedom to provide services, holiday, labour law, labour relations, paid leave








C_202400928EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/928


29.1.2024





Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Nantes — France) — Caisse CIBTP du Grand Ouest (CGO) — Association v D.V.M. RENOV SARL
(Case C-311/23, (1) Caisse CIBTP du Grand Ouest)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Freedom to provide services - Restrictions - Management of paid leave - National legislation requiring companies in a given sector of activity to be affiliated to an association for the payment of holiday pay to their employees - Purely domestic situation - Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a reply from the Court - Manifest inadmissibility)
(C/2024/928)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de commerce de Nantes

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Caisse CIBTP du Grand Ouest (CGO) — Association

Defendant: D.V.M. RENOV SARL

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the tribunal de commerce de Nantes (Commercial Court, Nantes, France) by decision of 15 May 2023 is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  Date lodged: 22.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/928/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-755/23 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2023 by Atlas Copco Airpower and Atlas Copco AB against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Joined Case T-278/16 and T-370/16, Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202401533EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1533


26.2.2024





Appeal brought on 7 December 2023 by Atlas Copco Airpower and Atlas Copco AB against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Joined Case T-278/16 and T-370/16, Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission
(Case C-755/23 P)
(C/2024/1533)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Atlas Copco Airpower, Atlas Copco AB (represented by: A. von Bonin, Rechtsanwalt, O. Brouwer, A. Haelterman, A. Pliego Selie and T. van Helfteren, advocaten)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellants claim that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment under appeal;










—


render final judgment and annul Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (1) (‘the contested decision’), or, in the alternative, refer the case back to the General Court for determination in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings and of the proceedings before the General Court, including the costs relating to any intervening parties.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The appellants rely on four grounds of appeal.
First, the General Court erred in law and distorted evidence in identifying the reference system under Article 107(1) TFEU:






—


the General Court and the contested decision err in law when defining the reference system because it gives an erroneous interpretation to the meaning and scope of Article 185(2)(b) of the Code des impôts sur les revenus 1992 (Income Tax Code 1992);










—


the General Court has distorted evidence.




Second, the General Court erred in law by concluding that the scheme conferred an advantage under Article 107(1) TFEU.
Third, the General Court erred in law by concluding that the scheme applied selectively to certain undertakings under Article 107(1) TFEU.
Fourth, the General Court erred in law in finding that aid could be recovered from all entities of a multinational group.


(1)  
            OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1533/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-759/23, PJ Carroll and Nicoventures Trading: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Ireland) made on 7 December 2023 — PJ Carroll & Company Ltd and Nicoventures Trading Ltd v The Minister for Health, Ireland and The Attorney General
Date: 2023-12-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: abuse of power, delegated directive, legislative power, market approval, marketing standard, powers of the institutions (EU), smoking, tobacco, tobacco industry








C_202401537EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1537


26.2.2024





Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Ireland) made on 7 December 2023 — PJ Carroll & Company Ltd and Nicoventures Trading Ltd v The Minister for Health, Ireland and The Attorney General
(Case C-759/23, PJ Carroll and Nicoventures Trading)
(C/2024/1537)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

High Court

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: PJ Carroll & Company Ltd and Nicoventures Trading Ltd

Respondents: The Minister for Health, Ireland and The Attorney General

Questions referred







1.


Is the delegated directive (1) invalid on the basis that it goes beyond the powers granted by Articles 7(12) and 11(6) of Directive 2014/40/EU (2), in light of Article 290 TFEU, and taking into account Article 2(14), 19 and 28 of Directive 2014/40/EU?










2.


Is the delegated directive invalid on the basis that the Commission was not entitled to conclude that there was a substantial change of circumstances within the meaning of Article 7(12) and/or 11(6) and/or 2(28) of Directive 2014/40/EU?






(1)  Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 of 29 June 2022 amending Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products (OJ 2022, L 283, p. 4).

(2)  Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC (OJ 2014, L 127, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1537/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)